A Case of Chronic Undiagnosed 2:1 Isolated Atrial Flutter in a Patient With an Autoimmune Disease

Atrial flutter (AFL) is typically associated with structural heart diseases or metabolic abnormalities. However, isolated symptomatic AFL, which occurs without abnormal heart anatomy, remains a rare occurrence and is underrepresented in the literature. This case report highlights the significance of...

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Autores principales: Clarke, Tegan, Leung, Eric, Fleg, Anthony
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Family/General Practice
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10694480/
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.48240
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description Atrial flutter (AFL) is typically associated with structural heart diseases or metabolic abnormalities. However, isolated symptomatic AFL, which occurs without abnormal heart anatomy, remains a rare occurrence and is underrepresented in the literature. This case report highlights the significance of recognizing and investigating symptoms suggestive of arrhythmias, especially in patients with autoimmune conditions.
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spelling pubmed-106944802023-12-05 A Case of Chronic Undiagnosed 2:1 Isolated Atrial Flutter in a Patient With an Autoimmune Disease Clarke, Tegan Leung, Eric Fleg, Anthony Cureus Family/General Practice Atrial flutter (AFL) is typically associated with structural heart diseases or metabolic abnormalities. However, isolated symptomatic AFL, which occurs without abnormal heart anatomy, remains a rare occurrence and is underrepresented in the literature. This case report highlights the significance of recognizing and investigating symptoms suggestive of arrhythmias, especially in patients with autoimmune conditions. Cureus 2023-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10694480/ http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.48240 Text en Copyright © 2023, Clarke et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title A Case of Chronic Undiagnosed 2:1 Isolated Atrial Flutter in a Patient With an Autoimmune Disease
title_full A Case of Chronic Undiagnosed 2:1 Isolated Atrial Flutter in a Patient With an Autoimmune Disease
title_fullStr A Case of Chronic Undiagnosed 2:1 Isolated Atrial Flutter in a Patient With an Autoimmune Disease
title_full_unstemmed A Case of Chronic Undiagnosed 2:1 Isolated Atrial Flutter in a Patient With an Autoimmune Disease
title_short A Case of Chronic Undiagnosed 2:1 Isolated Atrial Flutter in a Patient With an Autoimmune Disease
title_sort case of chronic undiagnosed 2:1 isolated atrial flutter in a patient with an autoimmune disease
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